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Madrid Central Mosque
Madrid Central Mosque
Spanish: Mezquita Central de Madrid; Arabic: مسجد مدريد المركزي;
	The mosque in 2015
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Cuatro Caminos, Tetuán, Madrid
Country	Spain
	Location of the mosque in greater Madrid
Geographic coordinates	40°27′24.2″N 3°42′3.6″W / 40.456722°N 3.701000°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Juan Mora
Type	Mosque architecture
Completed	1988
Specifications
Dome(s)	One
Minaret(s)	One
Website
	ucide.org

The Madrid Central Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita Central de Madrid; Arabic: مسجد مدريد المركزي) is a mosque, located in the Cuatro Caminos neighborhood of the Tetuán district of Madrid, Spain. During its construction, its proximity to Estrecho (literally strait, after the Strait of Gibraltar) metro station gave birth to the popular name of the Strait Mosque.

History

After its dedication as Waqf land, it took years to collect enough individual donations to construct the mosque. Opened in 1988, it became the first mosque in the capital since the end of the Islamic rule in 1085.

Designed by the architect Juan Mora, it is the headquarters of the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain and the Islamic Community of Madrid. Abu-Bakr Mosque has a cooperation agreement in force with the Community of Madrid,^[1] and with the State through the Islamic Commission of Spain.^[2]

Description

The building, spread over four floors, has in addition to the mosque and offices, a nursery, a school, a library, an auditorium and a shop. It performs worship, charitable, educational, cultural and social functions, having signed an agreement with Al-Azhar University for the training and provision of imams.